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Rep. Barney Frank
Democrat • 4th District, Massachusetts • 15th Term • Sworn In 1981
- 27 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 24 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 37 of 440)
- 284 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 46 of 440) 6 Made Into Law (Ranks 42 of 440)
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- Rep. Tammy Baldwin
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- Rep. Paul Broun
- Votes with party 97%
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Obama faces congressional anger about economy
...financial regulatory reform package to the House floor after months of debate. That is, until the committee's chairman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), told a shocked committee room that passage of the bill would be delayed until Dec. 1 because the Congres
Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war surtax
...Congress. The measure has attracted eight co-sponsors, all of whom are House Democrats: Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (Mass.), Anna Eshoo (Calif.), Sam Farr (Calif.), Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairman Raul Grijalva (Ariz.
World news: Panel: Big bank-failure costs to be paid by banks
...regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the committee's chairman, said he expects to support an amendment that is expected to be introduced la
Ambitious bills could remake financial regulatory landscape
...healthy and well-capitalized. The proposals are among scores of ideas floated on bill after bill in recent months. Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) has steered his version of financial reform through that legislative minefield, navigating past Repub
Economists and Labor Leaders Call for Fed to be Audited
...from Firedoglake about the Watt Amendment, which would gut the Paul-Grayson proposal to audit the Federal Reserve. Urge Rep. Barney Frank and Financial Services Committee to Reject Watt Amendment Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, Jamie Galbraith, Naomi Klein
Panel sets fees for big firms, aims to rein in Fed
...a sweeping congressional audit of the normally secretive Federal Reserve. In a surprise, however, committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., delayed final action on a long-awaited regulatory overhaul bill until after Thanksgiving. Frank said members of t
Financial reform pushed back into mid-December
...not planning to vote on wide-ranging financial overhaul legislation until the second week of December at the earliest, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said on Tuesday. Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is trying this week to fin
House proposal would empower regulators to break up 'too big to fail' firms
...legislation that the House Financial Services Committee is considering this week. That bill, drafted by committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in consultation with the Treasury Department, aims to create a structure that allows regulators to mon
Lawmakers OK measure to let banks buy guarantees
...can institute a program aimed at providing liquidity to solvent institutions who would pay to get that guarantee," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the measure's sponsor. The measure, which is under consideration as part of a broad bank regulatory refor
Panel: big bank failure costs to be paid by banks
...bank regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the committee's chairman, said he expects to support an amendment that is expected to be introduced
Obama Tells China Not To Censor The Internet-But Supports US Internet Censorship
Representative Barney Frank has introduced legislation that would overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. His effort may be stalled by ...
RE: Barney Frank
And one of Fannie Mae's main defenders in the House – Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a recipient of more than $40000 in campaign donations from Fannie since ...
HUD chief: Affordable housing, unemployment relief are key to recovery
... President Obama's Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan and US Rep. Barney Frank said creating affordable ...
RE: Barney Frank
Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to ...
Out Magazine Names Top 100 for 2009
Rep. Barney Frank is also on the list, as is who I thought was brooding poet/rock god Nick Cave, but who is actually brooding pop culture artist Nick Cave. ...
Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners
...Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage. Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to
Bernanke Signals Support to Let US Shrink Firms
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has proposed giving the Fed power to reduce a company's size by forcing the sale and transfer of ...
The Permanent TARP
It's hard to imagine a worse piece of financial regulatory legislation than the bill Barney Frank and the administration put before the ...
Live Blog: Rahm Emanuel at Wall Street Journal CEO Council
and Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) both are working on bills for regulation overhaul, but differences in their plans promise to push debate into next year. ...
Banks sense danger, warn Congress on breakup power
The forum made its comments in a letter to US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, ...
RE: Barney Frank
Last week, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) revealed the legislative timeline for a repeal of the military's discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy. ...
RE: Barney Frank
A pending petition with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is the last hope to delay the Dec. 1 compliance date. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass. ...
Passionate sense of right and wrong drives Capuano
“It's his aggression,'' said US Representative Barney Frank, the Newton Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. ...
RE: Barney Frank
... a systemic risk," the groups wrote in a letter to House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) on Monday. ...
Employment Non-Discrimination Act to have no local effects
...should be able to fire people for being gay," said Heidi Armstrong, a student at San Bernardino Valley College. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is openly gay, introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act this summer. The bill is co-sponsored by 189
Federal loans for unemployed, and Wells Fargo forgiving principal
Rep Barney Frank is pushing a proposal to offer Federal loans to those home owners who are behind on their payments due to unemployment. ...
HUD chief visits Bay State
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan will visit Fall River and New Bedford on Monday, at the invitation of US Rep. Barney Frank. ...
Area banks wary of reform
The chairmen of the House and Senate banking committees, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., don't see eye to eye on reform, ...
Don't Ask, Don't Care... Until You Go Public - US Military Selectively ...
Until You Go Public - US Military Selectively Applying Service Ban on Openly Gay Personnel This week, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) revealed that a repeal of ...
Money Makes Congress Aware of Online Casino Freedoms
A Congressional study found that, if online gambling were regulated as suggested in Barney Frank's bill, the estimated revenue produced over the next decade ...
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